North British Railway Company Coach

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The coach seen here operated between Musselburgh and Levenhall at the turn of the twentieth century. The North British Railway trains running from Waverley to North Berwick, Penicuick, Dalkeith, Peebles and Musselburgh, simultaneously served the residential areas of Edinburgh. The track did not extend to smaller neighbourhoods like Levenhall and the railway company laid on a horse-drawn coach which carried the locals to and from the Musselburgh station. Some of the passengers in this picture are going to continue their journey by train while others are definitely out for a day on Musselburgh Links, 'the world's oldest golf course'.

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Acc. No.PGP 64.31

MediumAlbumen print

Size15.00 x 21.10 cm

CreditProvenance unknown

James Good Tunny (Scottish, 1820 - 1887)

James Good Tunny first appears as a professional photographer in Edinburgh in the early 1850s, but he was one of the many who were swept by enthusiasm in 1839, on seeing the publication of Fox Talbot's photographic process, the calotype. He admired the work of Hill and Adamson and knew Hill personally in the 1850s.